I have two budgies. The blue one is Simba (Lion King reference) and the yellow one is Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog reference, obviously). They are awesome. Sonic is kinda new and young so she's a little weary of us. We got her from our aunt so she's never been in a store or anything. 'Cause the only budgies we've ever bought have been trouble. Anyway.
Simba, on the other hand, is amazing. He's very calm with us. He'll nibble on your finger if you put it near the cage and won't put up a fight if you pick him up, which made moving him to the big cage very easy. He's adorable. We found him in the backyard of our old house. He didn't fly away when Mum found him and picked him up. He's well behaved and affectionate towards us. So you know, we love him.
This morning, the first thing Mum told me was that the budgies had been attacked last night. Sure enough, around the cage were feathers. Lots of feathers. In particular, tail feathers. He literally has no tail at all, now.
His leg was also bleeding considerably. I mean, birds are small. They don't have that much blood. So perhaps there isn't a lot of blood, really. But it looks like quite a lot when compared to his body size.
We tried to examine the damage, mostly. We were just watching, and not in a creepy way, mmkay. And then I noticed that he was biting at his leg. Not just nibbling, but biting. He clenches his beak around his leg (especially his toes), turns his head and pulls.
He has no claw on one of his toes O_O the bleeding looks to be mostly self inflicted, actually. I've heard of birds pulling out their tail feathers, but tearing at their leg?
As normal, he was very cool with us moving him. He sat in Dad's hand and let Dad put him in the smaller cage. We drove to the vet and, despite the bumpy, sucky roads around our house, he was pretty cool with it all. No sounds were made. He gave me a few glances but otherwise didn't seem very phased. Have I ever told you that I love this bird?
Anyway, there were no bird specialists on Sunday's. So we're back home, watching Simba bite his own leg. There is a small puddle of blood under him. I am not exaggerating. I don't know how much blood birds are supposed to have but it's really not looking good.
We just soaked his foot in iodine (ouch. He seems okay though). He's sitting in the hood of my jumper now. Hello Simba :3
I can feel him on the back of my neck. Eheheh. It's a weird feeling. I really hope he gets better guys.
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